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--- On Sat, 4/23/11, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [VOTE][PROPOSAL] OGNL join the Incubator > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Date: Saturday, April 23, 2011, 12:00 PM > +1 > > On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Simone Tripodi > <simonetrip...@apache.org> > wrote: > > Hi all ASF mates, > > I'm writing to submit a new incubator proposal, Apache > OGNL. > > Follows below the proposal; this vote will be open for > 72 hours and > > will be closed on April 26th (Tue) at 12:00 am CET. > > Many thanks in advance to everyone will take pat to > the vote! > > Have a nice weekend, > > Simo > > > > http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ > > http://www.99soft.org/ > > > > Apache OGNL > > > > Abstract > > The following proposal is about Apache OGNL, a Java > development > > framework for Object-Graph Navigation Language, plus > other extras such > > as list projection[1], selection[2] and lambda > expressions[3]. > > > > Proposal > > OGNL started out as a way to set up associations > between UI components > > and controllers using property names. As the desire > for more > > complicated associations grew, Drew Davidson created > what he called > > KVCL, for Key-Value Coding Language, egged on by Luke > Blanshard. Luke > > then reimplemented the language using ANTLR, came up > with the new > > name, and, egged on by Drew, filled it out to its > current state. Later > > on Luke again reimplemented the language using JavaCC. > Further > > maintenance on all the code is done by Drew (with > spiritual guidance > > from Luke). > > Today OGNL is maintained by Lukasz Lenart. > > > > Background > > OGNL is a long living project born in the 1997 thanks > to Drew Davidson > > initial effort, moved under the OpenSymphony[4] > umbrella in June 2005 > > or thereabouts, then moved on its own domain on > ognl.org[5] that's no > > more maintained, then finally found place on > GitHub[6], maintained by > > Lukasz Lenart. > > > > Rationale > > OGNL stands for Object Graph Navigation Language. It > is an expression > > and binding language for getting and setting > properties of Java > > objects. Normally the same expression is used for both > getting and > > setting the value of a property. > > > > Many people have asked exactly what OGNL is good for. > Several of the > > uses to which OGNL has been applied are: > > > > * A binding language between GUI elements > (textfield, combobox, etc.) > > to model objects. Transformations are made easier by > OGNL's > > TypeConverter mechanism to convert values from one > type to another > > (String to numeric types, for example). > > * A data source language to map between table > columns and a Swing TableModel. > > * A binding language between web components and the > underlying model > > objects (WebOGNL, Tapestry, WebWork, WebObjects). > > * A more expressive replacement for the > property-getting language > > used by the Apache Commons BeanUtils package or JSTL's > EL (which only > > allow simple property navigation and rudimentary > indexed properties). > > > > Most of what you can do in Java is possible in OGNL, > plus other extras > > such as list projection and selection and lambda > expressions. > > > > Current Status > > > > Meritocracy > > As a majority of the initial project members are > existing ASF > > committers, we recognize the desirability of running > the project as a > > meritocracy. We are eager to engage other members of > the community > > and operate to the standard of meritocracy that Apache > emphasizes; we > > believe this is the most effective method of growing > our community and > > enabling widespread adoption. > > > > Core Developers > > In alphabetical order: > > > > * Antonio Petrelli <apetrelli at apache dot > org> > > * Christian Grobmeier <grobmeier at apache dot > org> > > * Jesse Kuhnert <jkuhnert at apache dot org> > > * Jochen Wiedmann <jochen at apache dot org> > > * Lukasz Lenart <lukaszlenart at apache dot > org> > > * Olivier Lamy <olamy at apache dot org> > > * Marc Andrew Davidson <drewd at apple dot > com> > > * Maurizio Cucchiara <mcucchiara at apache dot > org> > > * Simone Tripodi <simonetripodi at apache dot > org> > > * Upayavira <upayavira at apache dot org> > > > > Alignment > > The purpose of the project is to develop and maintain > OGNL > > implementation that can be used by other Apache > projects. > > > > Known Risks > > Orphaned Products > > Being OGNL widely adopted we believe there is minimal > risks of this > > work becoming non-strategic and the contributors are > confident that a > > larger community will form within the project in a > relatively short > > space of time. > > > > Moreover, OGNL has been already used by the following > projects for years: > > > > * Apache Struts; > > * Apache Tapestry; > > * Apache Camel; > > * Apache Tiles; > > * MyBatis (formerly Apache iBATIS); > > * Spring WebFlow. > > > > Inexperience with Open Source > > All of the committers have experience working in one > or more open > > source projects inside and outside ASF. > > > > Homogeneous Developers > > The list of initial committers are geographically > distributed across > > the USA and Europe with no one company being > associated with a > > majority of the developers. Many of these initial > developers are > > experienced Apache committers already and all are > experienced with > > working in distributed development communities. > > > > Reliance on Salaried Developers > > To the best of our knowledge, none of the initial > committers are being > > paid to develop code for this project. > > > > Relationships with Other Apache Products > > A number of existing ASF projects already benefit from > OGNL > > implementation, including Apache Struts, Apache > Tapestry, Apache Tiles > > and Apache Camel. It is hoped that members of those > projects will be > > interested in contributing to and adopting this > implementation. > > > > A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand > > OGNL fits naturally in the ASF because : > > > > * It is already adopted by ASF Projects; > > * It is a key component on which many other projects > can depend on. > > > > Documentation > > 1. The original OGNL HomePage[7] > > 2. The OGNL Language Guide[8] > > 3. The OGNL Developer Guide[9] > > > > Initial Source > > The intial source comprises code developed on > GitHub[6] contributed > > under Grant from Marc A. Davidson for OGNL. > > > > Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan > > Source code will be moved from GitHub[6] space inside > the SVN space of > > the podling, contributed under Grant from Marc A. > Davidson for OGNL. > > > > External Dependencies > > Currently OGNL depends on Javassist[10], that's > released under dual > > license MPL (the license under which javassist is > usually distributed) > > and LGPL2.1 (the license under which javassist is > distributed when it > > is bundled with JBoss). > > Since MPL is one of Reciprocal Licenses[11], we intend > to respect the > > Javassist inclusion under conditions described on that > page. > > > > Cryptography > > The project does not handle cryptography in any way. > > > > Required Resources > > * Mailing lists > > * ognl-private (with moderated subscriptions) > > * ognl-dev > > * ognl-user > > * ognl-commits > > * Subversion directory > > * https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ognl > > * Website > > * Confluence (OGNL) > > * Issue Tracking > > * JIRA (OGNL) > > > > Initial Committers > > Names of initial committers - in alphabetical order - > with affiliation > > and current ASF status: > > > > * Antonio Petrelli <apetrelli at apache dot > org> (PMC Member) > > * Christian Grobmeier <grobmeier at apache dot > org> (ASF Member) > > * Jesse Kuhnert <jkuhnert at apache dot org> > (PMC Member) > > * Jochen Wiedmann <jochen at apache dot org> > (PMC Member) > > * Lukasz Lenart <lukaszlenart at apache dot > org> (ASF Member) > > * Olivier Lamy <olamy at apache dot org> (ASF > Member) > > * Marc Andrew Davidson <drewd at apple dot > com> (ICLA signed) > > * Maurizio Cucchiara <mcucchiara at apache dot > org> (Committer) > > * Simone Tripodi <simonetripodi at apache dot > org> (PMC Member) > > * Upayavira <upayavira at apache dot org> (ASF > Member) > > > > Sponsors > > Champion > > * Lukasz Lenart > > > > Nominated Mentors > > * Christian Grobmeier <grobmeier at apache dot > org> > > * Jochen Wiedmann <jochen at apache dot org> > > * Olivier Lamy <olamy at apache dot org> > > * Upayavira <upayavira at apache dot org> > > > > Sponsoring Entity > > * Apache Incubator PMC - voting passed[12] > > > > Other interested people (in alphabetical order) > > * Dave Newton <davelnewton at gmail dot com> > > * Nuwan Arambage <nuwan dot arambage at gmail dot > com> > > * Tiger Gui <tigergui1990 at gmail dot com> > > * Xun Long Gui <ustbcoder at gmail dot com> > (already worked on > > Commons SCXML on Sandbox[13] for GSoC 2010) > > > > [1] http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/html/LanguageGuide/projection.html > > [2] http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/html/LanguageGuide/selection.html > > [3] > > http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/html/LanguageGuide/lambdaExpressions.html > > [4] http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/ > > [5] http://www.ognl.org/ > > [6] https://github.com/jkuhnert/ognl/ > > [7] http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/ > > [8] http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/html/LanguageGuide/index.html > > [8] http://www.opensymphony.com/ognl/html/DeveloperGuide/index.html > > [10] http://www.csg.is.titech.ac.jp/~chiba/javassist/ > > [11] http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html > > [12] http://markmail.org/message/ylt25u5doktxuorl > > [13] http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/gsoc/2010/scxml-eclipse/index.html > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
